If the sail was too high the boat was top heavy and tended to tip over.
Rain gutter boat designs.
Cut a triangular sail from paper.
These raingutter boats can be built the same day they are raced or taken home to build or built as a group during a meeting.
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A boat that pushes water apart as it passes is said to displace water.
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The fastest boats described in this booklet move on top of the water covering ten feet in a couple of seconds.
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Make a boat shape by bending and folding the foil.
This is the industry s leading adhesive and will not fall off when properly applied.
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I didn t have much luck with the aluminum foil boat.
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For a raingutter regatta each rainspout sailboat kit comes with 1 hull 1 mast 1 rudder and a sail.
It is a displacement boat or a hydroplow.
Most raingutter regatta boat builders design their boats to plow through the water.
Ive read some people dont use the mast and just bend round their sail side to side and glue it on looks like a upside down u when looking top down rather than a c from the side and now if the sail touches a side of the gutter it touches on a curved surface and almost serves as like a spring to push the boat back in line.
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Decorate the sail any way you like.
Most of our rain gutters can be cut to your specified length max 20 ft and custom shipped directly to the jobsite.
The boats sailed best if they were balanced with more weight to the rear.
Use a bendable straw for the mast.
If the sail was too low the corners rubbed against the gutter or dipped in the water.
The bottom edge of the sail needed to be about 1 2 inch above the deck of the boat.